My wife and I went on this cruise for our Honeymoon. This was my second Hawaiian cruise (the first was with Celebrity 11 years ago), and her first. It was my third 7-night cruise, and also her first. I will break this down into three categories - The Very Good, The Good, and The Ugly (there really is nothing that falls between the last two - when things were bad, there were VERY bad).

The Very Good: Embarkation and Departure: Swift and painless. We boarded about 1:30 PM, and our cabin was available within half an hour. For departure I opted for Easy Fly - for $20 a person our bags were checked into the airport for us and our boarding passes delivered to our cabin by 8PM Friday night. Considering that we would be off the ship 7:30 Saturday morning and our flight home wasn't until 11PM, it was nice to be able to go on our planned excursions without worrying about luggage.

Dining:Some have complained about Freestyle, but we had no problems. We never had to wait more than 5 minutes for a table in the Skyline Room (one of the two main free dining rooms). I followed the advice I read here, and booked our reservations for the specialty restaurants as soon as we boarded. Again, we had no problems getting the reservations we wanted for Jefferson's Bistro (French), East Meets West(Fusion), or the Sushi Bar. In fact, we were the only couple in the sushi bar, and had the full attention of the chef, who prepared a couple of delicacies that were not on the menu. Read more